Little Shop Performance on Regis

I thought that Michael did a great job with the plant, and the girls were as fabulous as ever(When are they not?), but of course, everyone was wondering about Joey Fatone. I was actually quite impressed. His acting was passable and he has a sweet belty voice with a nice vibrato, which I think works well for Seymour. He does look young and definitely on the geeky side; I would say he fits the role pretty well.

I was bracing for pop star riffing and no expression whatsoever. I was rather impressed when he sang and actually moved about the stage. He screamed a little bit, and that irritated me a little, but I'm not gonna hold it against him.

Seeing the three girls show up made me happy, so I ignored most of what was aggravating me.

Well, I'm gonna be a good citizen and wish him luck, only because I love the show itself.

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He wasn't terrible. I may now re-think seeing the show next week.

Was one of the girls an understudy? I recognized DeQuina Moore on the far right, and the girl in the middle was definitely Carla or Trisha, but the one to the left of the screen I definitely didn't recognize.

Looks like the show might be open through January 2nd since that is how long Joey said he is going to be with the show. That would be a pretty long run for a show with mixed reviews. Lets see if it will make it.

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I agree that he did a very nice job. For the 3 minute song he performed. But being the main vocal character in a 2.5 hour show for eight shows every weeks for the length of his contract will be a different story. I hope he is ready and I wish him the best of luck.

I just thought he looked a little too aggressive with the plant, just a bit more willing then Seymoure should look. Fatone made it appear that Seymour has killed before.

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I was VERY surprised with Fatone's performance. He did look the part of seymore very well and his vocals were pretty good. In the beginning he seemed a little stiff and didnt know what to do when audrey II was singing. Hopefully LSOH will run for awhile. I was happy when i saw the urchins come up, but disapointed when kelly or randy didnt interview them. They also should have brought out michael. Oh well! Caroline of change tomorrow!!! cant wait for that!

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I don't think he seemed overjoyed or bloodthirsty at all. I thought he was actually very hesitant, which was good, and at the end he had made the transformation. Mind you, he had to make this little transition through a VERY abbreviated version of the song. The "Geee, I'd like a Harley machine" part was cut, which didn't help---it's hard to pull of changing your mind about murdering someone in a span of about 30 seconds.

Am I the only one who thought he sucked?

I sat down to watch it thinking "Sure, I'll give him a chance...", and then I heard him sing. I don't think he necessarily has a BAD voice, but I think the vocal range of that song is too much for him. You could definately tell he was straining himself, and I thought he was off-key for a lot of the song.

But that's just me.

Maybe I'm just biased because I am a Hunter Foster fanatic. I saw him in the show and thought it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. Plus, it WAS early in the morning and Joey has only recently started this show, so maybe it was an off day. I don't know.

I also didn't like how the chopped the song. I know they don't have six and a half minutes, but I think they cut the wrong parts out, because it started to not make any sense. Oh well.

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I'm watching it right now, and she wasn't an understudy. All three girls were there I believe, superb as always!

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Joey was pretty good, but they focused too much on him... whereas "Feed Me (Git It)" is more of Michael's number. He squints too much when he's singing...but then, so does Adam Pascal and he's the best

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It all depends on who you ask. I thought he was pretty bad, but I guess most of the other people here thought he was alright...

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